Police: Slaying of teens may be related to attempted robbery

The shooting deaths of two teens in the Englewood neighborhood may have been related to an attempted robbery, Chicago police said Friday.

Quentin Buckner, 17, and Brian Murdock, 15, students at Robeson High School, were found dead Thursday night near 63rd and Laflin Streets, both wearing their school uniforms.

Police Friday were reviewing surveillance video from a nearby CTA train station. The shooting may have stemmed from an attempted robbery, but it wasn't clear who the aggressor was, police said. Nobody is in custody.

Nolan Bullock said he was in a house nearby and heard the gunshots. He looked out a window and saw a man wearing a leather jacket shoot Buckner in an alleyway.

Gerald Morrow, principal of Robeson High School, said Buckner was active in classes, and both teens were working toward graduation. Neighbors said Murdock was involved in tumbling, and Buckner liked basketball.

"I can recollect talking to Brian in class," Morrow said. "He was participating; he wasn't a negative kid at all."

On Friday afternoon, two young girls brought teddy bears for a memorial near the site of the slayings.

"I'm not scared," one of the girls said. "I'm just afraid that this is going to happen to one of my cousins."